Sega Remakes Phantasy Star, More For PS2

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to a Gamespot story that indicates Sega's remakes of Phantasy Star, Fantasy Zone, and Monaco GP will be available for Playstation 2 this August in Japan. According to the article, "Phantasy Star: Generation 1 will feature enhanced graphics and sound, cover artwork done by members of Sonic Team, and a special making-of booklet. Fantasy Zone and Monaco GP will feature 3D elements as well as a making-of booklet." No word on a US release, or, indeed, on the Slashdot Games' most-wanted remake, a next-gen conversion of Power Drift.

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sega is dying?

[larry bagina]

That may be a bad sign, if all they do is remake classic games. I like nostalgia, everybody does (look at the VW beetle... people buy them).

But when a company rns out of fresh ideas and starts redoing their games, you know it's the end of the line. Look at Sierra. I loed Kings Quest, Space Quest, and Leisure Suit Larry. But when their product lines consisted of half a dozen games that only ran under windows 3, remakes of their old games, and boxed sets of their old games running under DOS, the handwriting was on the wall.